Simple Fresh Milled Flour Banana Bread

March 3, 2026

Simple Fresh Milled Flour Banana Bread

To Make 2 Loaves:

1 cup butter (226 g) — 2 sticks
1 1/2 - 1 ¾ cups sugar (300-350 g) (if bananas are very ripe, I use less sugar)
4 eggs
6 mashed bananas — about 2⅓ cups (550–600 g)
⅔ cup buttermilk (160 g)
OR buttermilk substitute:

Add 2 tsp (10 ml) vinegar or lemon juice
Fill to ⅔ cup with milk

2 tsp vanilla extract (10 ml)
2⅓ cups soft white wheat flour (300 g) (*you can use all soft white 600 g)
2⅓ cups spelt flour (300 g)
2 tsp baking soda (10 g)
2 tsp salt (12 g)
Optional: 1-2 c chocolate chips, nuts, raisins, etc

To make 1 Loaf:

½ cup butter (113 g)
Just under 1 cup sugar (about 175 g)
(This is half of your 1¾ cups / 350 g)
2 eggs
3 mashed bananas — about 1 cup mashed
⅓ cup buttermilk (80 g)
Or milk with 1 tsp vinegar or lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla
150 g soft white wheat flour (about 1⅛ cups)
150 g spelt flour (about 1⅛ cups)
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
½-1 c chocolate chips, nuts, raisins, etc

Directions:

Mill 600 g of wheat berries into flour. I milled 300 g soft white wheat and 300 grams spelt.

Line or grease two 8.5x4.5 or 9×5 loaf pans.

In a stand mixer, Beat the butter and sugar together until well combined.

Mix in the eggs, then the mashed bananas, vanilla, and buttermilk (or milk mixed with 2 tsp vinegar or lemon juice).

Add the flours, baking soda, and salt.
Mix until everything is just combined.

Add chocolate, nuts, or raisins if you’d like.

Divide the batter between the loaf pans.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. While the oven is pre-heating, let the batter rest to allow the fresh-milled flour to hydrate/soften.

Bake 50-60 minutes 350°F until a toothpick comes out clean.

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*If you're looking for an alternative to plastic bread bags, our handmade beeswax bread bags are a healthy way to store your bread! They are reusable, made of 100% cotton, infused with organic beeswax and coconut oil, naturally antibacterial to keep your bread from molding, and handmade by me and my daughters on our family farm!